housemate
housemate — 名詞
- housematesingular
- housematesplural
1. a person sharing your home and the rent or bills who is neither a relative nor a
室友；房友
同住一棟房子但非家人的人
a person sharing your home and the rent or bills who is neither a relative nor a romantic partner — usually each person has their own bedroom inside the property.
Kenji has three housemates who all work at the same hospital.
Kenji 有三個室友，他們都在同一家醫院工作。
[possessive] + housemate(s) showing how many people share the house
My new housemate left a friendly note about the kitchen rota on the fridge.
我的新室友在冰箱上貼了一張友善的字條，內容是廚房的輪值表。
common collocation: kitchen rota / cleaning rota with housemates
Eleni and Hugo were housemates for two years before they moved to different cities.
Eleni 和 Hugo 當了兩年的室友，後來搬到不同的城市。
Ritu argued with one of her housemates about the unpaid electricity bill again.
Ritu 又跟其中一位室友為了沒繳的電費吵了一架。
The college helps new students find housemates through an online noticeboard.
學校透過線上公布欄幫助新生找室友。
- flatmate
British English; used when the shared home is a flat (apartment) rather than a house
- roommate
American English; can mean someone sharing the whole home, but in British use it strictly means sharing a single bedroom
- co-tenant
formal/legal term used when both people are named on the rental contract
文法句型
[possessive] housemate
be housemates with [person]
用法筆記
Distinguish from 'roommate': a housemate shares a whole house with separate bedrooms, while a roommate (US English) usually shares one bedroom. In British English 'flatmate' is the equivalent for an apartment.